One of Durban’s favourite cricketing sons Hashim Amla is fit and raring to go following a long injury lay-off when the Durban Heat kick off their Mzansi Super League campaign against the Cape Town Blitz at Kingsmead on Sunday.
The Proteas got some good practice ahead of their T20I against Australia on Saturday with a 41-run win over a Cricket Australia XI at Allan Border Field.
The Mzansi Super League has announced Global Citizen as a partner for the first edition of the tournament.
New Zealand snapped a seven-match losing streak – their longest-ever in T20Is – with their first win in the ICC Women’s World T20 2018.
South Africa’s hopes in the Women’s World T20 hang on their batters coming to the party, and that requires the Proteas Women to click into the right mind frame.
A Mzansi Super League tournament in the making, across a couple of versions, for over a year, will finally get underway at Newlands in Cape Town on Friday at 7pm, when the coastal kingpins meet the upcountry powerhouse.
December’s planned Emirates T20x League has been cancelled because of the failure to sell all five of the franchises within the stipulated time.
In the first-ever meeting between the two teams in T20Is, India registered a 52-run win over bottom-ranked Ireland, becoming the second team to book a place in the semifinals of the ICC Women’s World T20 2018.
‘We just need to be positive, get a bad day out the way. The sun’s going to shine tomorrow anyway. Well, let’s hope so, in St Lucia.’ – Proteas Women skipper Dane van Niekerk
Dale Steyn of the Cape Town Blitz speaks about the recent Australia tour and the Mzansi Super League.
Durban Heat skipper Albie Morkel is excited about the squad he and coach Grant Morgan have to work with and is looking forward to getting the Proteas back to add extra beef to the tournament.
SACricketmag.com’s Khalid Mohidin talks to AB de Villiers, who revealed that he’s been practicing cricket and spending time in the gym over the past few months … and added how proud he is about the Proteas’ success in Australia.
CSA’s CEO Thabang Moroe breaks the MSL down ahead of the opening weekend of fixtures.
Former Proteas cricketers Lance Klusener, Paul Harris, Andre Nel and Monde Zondeki will be among the television commentators for the inaugural Mzansi Super League.
The Durban Heat have teamed up with a flexible shuttle service, Zeelo, to create a more convenient fan experience for the Mzansi Super League that starts on Friday.
